In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The world is on track to run short of copper that could pose a “systemic risk” to global economic ...

In 2025, the zinc industry embraced a new phase of comprehensive development. Domestically, resource security continued to strengthen, smelting technology achieved breakthroughs and upgrades, and ...

Minaurum Silver is pleased to announce the completion of an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate at its 100%-owned Alamos Silver Project. High Grade Inferred Mineral Resource: Resource Estimate of 5.37 ...

Copper prices are surging on AI data center demand, and Rio Tinto is emerging as the top miner poised to profit from a looming supply shortage.

Amazon Web Services is the first customer for a re-opened mine in Arizona powered by microorganisms. Amazon Web Services is the first customer for a re-opened mine in Arizona powered by ...

Minaurum Silver Inc. (TSXV: MGG) (OTCQX: MMRGF) ("Minaurum" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of an Inferred ...

Glencore (OTCPK:GLCNF) (OTCPK:GLNCY) was selected by Chilean state-owned miner Codelco to design and possibly develop a new copper smelter in Chile with capacity to process as much as 1.5 million ...

Around 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processingore, an activity known as smelting. This monumental shift gave them a powerful new technology ...

During the Beersheba pre-building survey, an extremely ancient advanced metal furnace for copper smelting and copper slag were discovered, said Talia Abulafia, site excavation director for the Israel ...